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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (20 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I have long supported the cohort of farmers known as the forgotten farmers and I have committed to supporting them who find themselves, in many cases, in this situation through no fault of their own. My Department developed a preliminary outline of a proposal to provide support to the forgotten farmer group. Work is ongoing on addressing a number of issues, such as the funding required...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (20 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings. There is a wide range of tillage investments available under the Tillage Capital Investment Scheme, with a €90,000 ceiling for individuals and €160,000 for registered farm partnerships. Currently, these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Customs and Excise (20 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Further time is sought to establish if the specified items listed have been passed to DAFM from Customs for the time period referenced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: It is Wojciechowski.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Chairman and committee members for the invitation to today's meeting and for giving me the opportunity to come in to discuss this issue. Before I start, I wish to do some housekeeping in relation to the arrangement of this meeting. As the Chairman knows, I have very strong and ongoing communication with this committee on all issues and I very much value our relationship. Given...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I had responded to the committee's two dates.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Obviously, given the importance of the issue, I initiated further contact with the committee and offered 7 September and today. Given that comments were made in public which do not represent the accuracy of the engagement between the committee and myself and that there was no request from this committee for any other date, I wanted to put that on the record. I very much value the importance-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: -----of this relationship and believe it is really important that we work together. I wanted to clarify those matters here today because comments were made in public that were not accurate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Senator Lombard's public comments bear no resemblance to the accuracy of this committee's engagement-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: While they might be accurate in his mind-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: -----they bear no resemblance to the engagement between the committee and my office-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: -----or to the accuracy of the situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am clarifying-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As a matter of housekeeping at the start, Deputy Lombard, I have outlined very clearly-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: -----my ongoing relationship with this committee, my initiation of a meeting at the start of July to brief the committee and the correspondence between my office and the secretariat in relation to organising this meeting. In light of Senator Lombard's public comments in the meantime, which were in no way representative of, or accurate about, that engagement, it is important I clarify that at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Senator is very welcome to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As I said, I welcome this opportunity to engage on the important topic for farmers and our farming sector of water quality and the nitrates derogation. In my opening statement, I would like to address three key points. I will first provide an update on developments since I last engaged with this committee. I will also set out the next steps in implementing the derogation decision....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: We had a constructive discussion with the IFA last week. Of course, that is not the only discussion we have had. I issued an invitation to all farm organisations and met with the ICMSA the previous week, when I briefed and updated that organisation on the engagement and meeting I had with the Commissioner and the outcome of it. We also discussed the other key issue at the moment, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I had a very open engagement with the IFA, as, indeed, did the Tánaiste on that occasion. I had the same conversation with the IFA that day that I had with the ICMSA the previous week, because I had not had an opportunity the previous week to engage with the IFA. We have been working together very closely on this. I have been working very closely with the IFA, the ICMSA and all of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: It is clear now that Brussels is adamant so-----